This year’s festival will consist of two events, firstly the France Surf Championship organised by the Surf French Federation where Surfrider Europe is the main sponsor; and also a festival for the 20th anniversary of the Association with a diverse agenda including:

Educational Exhibitions
An educational tour at the Grande Plage for the general public made up of various activities and an environment quiz competition
A retrospective on the 20 years of Surfrider actions
A lineup of films at the cinema Royal concerning themes such as surfing, the ocean and the environment
A surfing competition for the Surfrider members (staff, volunteers, etc…) evaluated by the official judges of the competition
An evening concert with a variety of artists, projection of the film 20 years of Surfrider and the presence of Surfrider ambassadors
The second meeting of the platform
Opening ceremony of the Centre for Environmental Education
The days of Atlantic local chapters (Saturday 30 and Sunday, October 31)
A Tag Team surfing competition on October 30 and 31

You can already start to organize your team for the weekend of 30 and 31 October. Depending on conditions, the competition will be held on either Saturday or Sunday on the official site of the France Surf Championship in Biarritz: Grande Plage, Côte des Basques or Miramar.

From mid-September, you will be able to officially register your team using a downloadable form from Surfrider.eu Only the first 100 registered people will participate, so be ready to register!

For more information visit the Surfrider web site

According to the UN, every mile of ocean contains 120,000 pieces of plastic. In spite of this figure, macro-waste is still not recognized by European legislation as a real pollutant. Help Surfrider to alert the media and environment officials about the pollution created by this hidden macro-waste. In May Surfrider have an appointment with the European Union to voice their concerns; each beach cleaning will increase their powers of persuasion at this meeting.

Visit their web site and get planning your beach clean up for 2010.

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Seal the Deal! is motivating and inspiring everyone to exert pressure on the summit to find a solution now, before we reach the edge of our tipping point. Let’s hope they agree on urgent action now, and secure the future for generations to come.